Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
6
Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
9
Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
11
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
408
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
27
If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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